Fast loading cartridge holder for revolvers

ABSTRACT

A holder for releasable securement of a round of cartridges in condition for simultaneous loading of the round into the cylinder of a revolver. The holder comprises a cylindrical body having a plurality of angularly spaced apart, cartridge receiving throughbores adapted to introduce the cartridge round into the chambers of a revolver cylinder. The holder also includes a manually operated cartridge engaging member mounted for oscillating movement on the holder body centrally of the through-bores and having a cartridge stop rim projecting laterally into common ends of the through-bores and a cam spaced from the rim and having laterally extended portions engageable under the case flanges of the cartridges and radially reduced portions between the extended portions that clear said flanges. The holder also includes an over-center spring detent means between the body and the cartridge engaging member to urge and then positively maintain the said member in either a cartridge round holding or a cartridge round discharging position.

United States Patent 11 1 Switz er FOR REVOLVERS Robert D. Switzer, 148Sheridan Avenue, Fort Thomas, Ky. 41075 [76] Inventor:

[52] US. Cl. ..42/89 [51] Int. Cl ..F42b 39/04 [58] Field of Search..42/89 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3 ,1 82,417 5/1965Hamilton ..42/89 3,197,907 8/ 1965 Olson ..42/89 1,964,171 6/ 1934Pflaume ..42/89 3,541,716 11/1970 Fordham et a1. ..42/89 3,503,1503/1970 Bronhuber et a1 ..42/89 Primary Examiner-Benjamin A. BorcheltAssistant Examiner-C. T. Jordan Att0meyWalter S. Murray [57] ABSTRACT Aholder for releasable securement of a round of cartridges in conditionfor simultaneous loading of the round into the cylinder of a revolver.The holder comprises a cylindrical body having a plurality of angularlyspaced apart, cartridge receiving through-bores adapted to introduce thecartridge round into the chambers of a revolver cylinder. The holderalso includes a manually operated cartridge engaging member mounted foroscillating movement on the holder body centrally of the through-boresand having a cartridge stop rim projecting laterally into common ends ofthe through-bores and a cam spaced from the rim and having laterallyextended portions engageable under the case flanges of the cartridgesand radially reduced portions between the extended portions that clearsaid flanges. The holder also includes an overcenter spring detent meansbetween the body and the cartridge engaging member to urge and thenpositively maintain the said member in either a cartridge round holdingor a cartridge round discharging position.

4 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures FAST LOADING CARTRIDGE HOLDER FOR vor.

The present invention relates to improvements in plural cartridgeholders and is particularly directed to cartridge holders adapted toreleasably secure a round of cartridges for fast and simultaneousloading of the round into the chambers in the cylinders of revolvers, orthe like.

An object of the invention is to provide a plural cartridge holder thatis readily charged with a round of cartridges in a minimum of time andwhich has a quick,

positively operated means for releasably securing the round therein andfor charging said round into the chambers of a revolver cylinder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder possessing theforegoing characteristics which has a simplified yet rugggedconstruction; has a few moving but positive acting parts; and which whencarried on the person is protected against accidental release ofcartridges therefrom.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following specification taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of my cartridge holder in cartridgeround securing position.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the holder shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a greatly enlarged section taken on line 3- 3 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the holder as it is depicted in FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged detail, partly in section, of the detent means forthe holder shown in FIGS. 1-5 of the drawings.

With particular reference to the drawings the numeral 10 thereinindicates a cylindrically shaped body member preferably composed ofaluminum and having opposed major faces 11 and 12 that are referred tohereinafter as top and bottom ends, respectively, of the holder body. Atwo-diameter center bore 13 is formed through the axis of the bodymember 10 and has a relatively large diameter top portion 14 and a smalldiameter bottom portion 15 which form between them a shoulder 16. Theholder body also has a plurality of angularly spaced apart through-bores17 which have their center lines in parallelism with the center bore 13.The through-bores are each adapted to receive a cartridge 18 and areformed in the body member for simultaneous alignment with the chambersin the cylinders of conventional revolvers.

As best seen in FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawings the body member has anaxial dimension that permits reception into the body member of between athird and a half of a cartridge case for the purposes to be hereinafterset forth.

An operating member 19 is mounted in the center bore 13 for oscillatingmovement and comprises an enlarged head portion 20 disposed in the largediameter portion 14 of the center bore and an integral shank portion 21having a bearing in the reduced portion 15 of the center bore. A knurledknob 22 is turned on the top, exposed end of the operating member formanual setting of the holder. With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 the headportion of the operating member has a stop rim 23 formed thereon whoseperiphery extends into the common top ends of the through-bores 17 andwhich contacts the bottoms of the cartridge cases to position them insaid through-bores. The operating member also has an hexagonally shapedcam 24 (FIGS. 3 and 4) which is spaced downwardly from the stop rim 23 adistance substantially equal to the width of the flange portions 25 ofthe cartridges 18, said cam having radially extended corner portions 26which releasably engage underneath the flanges 25 of the cartridge casesand which alternate with radially reduced flat portions 27 that clearsaid flanges. By manually oscillating the operating member 19 theradially extended portions 26 and the reduced flat portions 27 of thecam 24 will alternately engage and release the cartridge round in theholder.

The terminal end of the shank portion 21 projects beyond the bottom face12 of the body member 10 and an over-center detent means 28 ispositioned between the body member and said shank portion. The detentmeans comprises a lateral bore 29 formed in the terminal end of theshank to position an axially driven, expansile tube pin 30 made ofhardened steel, the pin projecting laterally therefrom in spacedrelation with the face 12 and into engagement with a ball detent 31(FIG. 6). The ball detent is provided by forming a hole 32 in the bodymember to receive an expansion spring 33 pressed against the ball 31.The opposed overcenter positions of the operating member 19 are fixed bytube pins 34 and 35 located on each side of the ball detent and closeenough thereto to maintain pin 30 in constant engagement with the springpressed ball detent 3 1.

For the purpose of charging my holder with a round of cartridges thedetent means 28 is visually checked (FIG. 5) to insure that theoperating member is in opened cartridge flange receiving position withthe flats 27 of the cam 24 in radial alignment with the throughbores 17.The holder is simply held in one hand with the bottom face 12 uppermostand with the other hand the cartridges 18 are dropped one at a time intothe through-bores 17, the depths of the bores and the stop rim 23maintaining the cartridges in proper position for securement. Next theknob 22 is turned to a position opposite that previously observed forthe detent means which simultaneously moves all the radially extendedcorner portions 26 of the cam 24 beneath the flanges 25 of thecartridges thus releasably holding the round secure in the holder. Theholder may then be placed on the person for instant loading of the roundinto the cylinder of a revolver by merely inserting the exposedcartridge ends into the chambers of the cylinder and then turning theknob 19 in the direction opposite to that just described. Theover-center detent means 28 is adapted to positively urge the cam 24toward either its released or hold positions while the detent means 28and the stop pins 34 and 3S maintain the cam either in its cartridgeflange released or in engaged position against accidental release of thesecured cartridge round.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

1. In a fast loading cartridge holder for revolvers the combination of acylindrically shaped body member having top and bottom planar endsurfaces thereon, a two-diameter center bore formed axially through thebody member, the larger diameter of the center bore being a counterboreportion through the top surface of the body member and forming anupwardly facing shoulder within the two-diameter bore, a plurality ofangularly spaced apart cartridge receiving throughbores formed in thebody member with their respective axes in parallelism with the axis ofthe center bore, said counterbore extending into the inner ends of thecartridge receiving through-bores and forming longitudinal slots in thebody member between each of the cartridge receiving through-bores andthe counterbore, an operating member rotatably mounted in the centerbore and having an operating knob projecting beyond the top surface ofthe body member, said operating member having a shank forming a bearingwith that portion of the center bore with the smaller diameter, acircular cartridge engaging stop rim formed on the operating memberpartially extending into the common end portions of the cartridgereceiving through-bores adjacent the said top surface of the bodymember, a disc-shaped cam formed on the operating member and axiallyspaced from the stop rim a distance substantially the thickness of thecartridge flange and forming therebetween a cartridge flange receivingannular groove, said cam being disposed within the counterbore andbearing against the shoulder thereof and having a number of angularlyspaced apart, comer portions extending through the slots into thecartridge receiving through-bores and adapted to engage under thecartridge flanges, said cam having radially reduced portions betweenadjacent comer portions adapted to clear the cartridge receiving bores,and an over-center detent means between the shank of the operatingmember and the body member and adapted to locate the cartridge holdingand cartridge released positions of the said members.

2. In the holder set forth in claim 1 wherein the shank portion of theoperating member projects beyond the bottom end of the body member andthe detent means is located between the extended end of the shank andthe adjacent portion of the bottom end of said body member.

3. In the holder set forth in claim 2 wherein the detent means comprisesa spring pressed ball seated for axial movement in the body member and alateral pin mounted on the extended end of the shank and adapted toengage over center portions of the ball detent.

4. In the holder set forth in claim 3 wherein the lateral finger engagesagainst and moves between stop pins projecting from the bottom end ofthe body member on each side of the ball detent.

1. In a fast loading cartridge holder for revolvers the combination of acylindrically shaped body member having top and bottom planar endsurfaceS thereon, a two-diameter center bore formed axially through thebody member, the larger diameter of the center bore being a counterboreportion through the top surface of the body member and forming anupwardly facing shoulder within the two-diameter bore, a plurality ofangularly spaced apart cartridge receiving through-bores formed in thebody member with their respective axes in parallelism with the axis ofthe center bore, said counterbore extending into the inner ends of thecartridge receiving through-bores and forming longitudinal slots in thebody member between each of the cartridge receiving through-bores andthe counterbore, an operating member rotatably mounted in the centerbore and having an operating knob projecting beyond the top surface ofthe body member, said operating member having a shank forming a bearingwith that portion of the center bore with the smaller diameter, acircular cartridge engaging stop rim formed on the operating memberpartially extending into the common end portions of the cartridgereceiving through-bores adjacent the said top surface of the bodymember, a disc-shaped cam formed on the operating member and axiallyspaced from the stop rim a distance substantially the thickness of thecartridge flange and forming therebetween a cartridge flange receivingannular groove, said cam being disposed within the counterbore andbearing against the shoulder thereof and having a number of angularlyspaced apart, corner portions extending through the slots into thecartridge receiving through-bores and adapted to engage under thecartridge flanges, said cam having radially reduced portions betweenadjacent corner portions adapted to clear the cartridge receiving bores,and an over-center detent means between the shank of the operatingmember and the body member and adapted to locate the cartridge holdingand cartridge released positions of the said members.
 2. In the holderset forth in claim 1 wherein the shank portion of the operating memberprojects beyond the bottom end of the body member and the detent meansis located between the extended end of the shank and the adjacentportion of the bottom end of said body member.
 3. In the holder setforth in claim 2 wherein the detent means comprises a spring pressedball seated for axial movement in the body member and a lateral pinmounted on the extended end of the shank and adapted to engage overcenter portions of the ball detent.
 4. In the holder set forth in claim3 wherein the lateral finger engages against and moves between stop pinsprojecting from the bottom end of the body member on each side of theball detent.